The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-01 00:00:00

• The power of litionaluirte ; and that,' it they stilt had the same obje& in view, the' attainment of a solid and i clurable peace by such means was irnpos- ; .He then went on to prose, by 'quoting Pas sages frotn the OffiCial Papers, that the ; Russian • Vernment was sincere in its desire to mediatee.and that its offer to mediate was evaded by;:itiedinisiiible .aild unwarrantable deMa - nds en the Ort of our Mi-, nisters, such as tht cointrumication of the secret Articles of the Treat's!' of Tilsit, the reqbisition of a basis, or 4_corninanication of the just and honour able terms upon which Buonaparte was disposed to make peace with this 'country, and the detinand of sante proof of the , friendly disposition of Russia, in • the renewal of 'a - Commercial Treaty, and a entn taupication of tlie ulterior views of the Court of St.' • .PeterSburgli. In commenting, upon . these various ,topics, the lion. Member contended, that the de- ' Murals were all insulting and offensive to Russia ; that our Ministers replied in cola and repulsive lan gunge to th e f r i en dly Off ers of - Russia, when they • Ought to have employed the warmest terms of gra-, tausle for the friendly interest taken by the Emperor .of Russia in our affairs, at a time that he had been. tirgingcomplaitirs againstthis country. The' Hon..: • ,Mernber.rlweit for a considerable tiine upon these' ,heads, and then canvassed the letter documents re lative to the Russian Mediation, particularly edvert- • • ing to the Dispatches written by Lord G. Leveson er, arid datod the 2d'Sptember, and the answers of Mr. Secretary ,Cenning of the. 27th and:. i Bth of that nienth, and conte n di ng t h at eac h were marked by strikinginconSistetiCiei, such as would present foreign-Po w e rs from having any Confidence ' raf'esr the statements of the Forei g n Secretary. When our "Miiii;iters demartdd the communication of thebasis of a "treaty from Russia, she had as• good right to ask such a basis from us to be communi cated 10 France. There were three courses, either of which Ministers might have pursued, with re- . *Peer 16 the Ruisian offer of mediation--first, either to have accepted' the offer in a frank and manly tnanner, as from a Power that hactclernonstrated her friendly disposition towards us by haying spperse , veringly exerted herself in our cause; or s=econdly, to ► "myelin& No, we can't accept your mediation, but We shall open a direa communication With France. opportunityho then presented itself, ,and Abet op- P9rtunity .had been lost by the conduct of his Ma-- ty t a Ministers; and h e f ear ed it 'Would not easily recovered. There was 'a third course, which t infurtenat e ly had been adopted, and that was by a , tYstem of suspicious, by creating difficulties, and by adhering to forms, whilst the very essence of the thing was allowed to escape: One of his Resolutions Jas, tharthe-Condua of his Majesty'S Ministers,. in refusing to accept the mediation of .Riiisia,bad been • highly impolitic and inexpedient. He did riot mean to assert,.that peace would have been result of accepting t he. naediation of Russia, but the trial ought to have. been aside, and the Ministers had taken the course that was least obvious to find, and most like ! 1 3r to frustrate, every prosper} of a successful issue. The Hon. Gentleman then passed from the Russian , offer of mediation, the discussion concerning which bad ceased on the 2oth of Oaober, to the considera flog, of the Austrian offer of• mediation, which, though first • made in April last, and accepted by accepted England, was renewed in a Note from - Count Stah- ' teuwerg to the Foreign Secretary on the 20th of Nov,,moer, observing, that the renewal of the prO sition so goon after the rejeaion of the, Russian ‘ation,' was' a proof of the sincerity of Buona r'rto's wish for• peace upon terms of reciprocal • Pour to all the parfies. whose interests were to be , - "eussed'.in negotiation. The Hon., Member bk. some pains to prove . that the proper construe , tips of the passage in Count Stal.retuberg's.Note 04..1 `. 4 is subject Comprehended all the parties engaged rn the war, as well those alliance with, Great lin- • .7itt as the Allief of Fratiee - .; The answ'er to pia 4 ,'uto was the .most 'extraordinary prwluaion that • ever was Written, both froM its offensiveness arid ‘ ll6 l want of coneiliatiou it betrayed, on an occasion I,llliieli might have led .to a negociation. The arnbi tuilY of the expression might have been cleared up . 1 1 an Unofficial Note,. or why not have asked ' , ranee to recognise at once, 'that all the Allies of :,',"gland were to • be included in' the negeCiation ? _lle censured-the declaration of Ministers, that they .' lol .lld 'not send and to Paris. Neither . Laptlerciale and Yarmouth, nor..Maltpesbury, it. that of atiy inconvenience they suffered t o . that C i ty. `he Notes some'sevet;' atunaJi... _- The Hon. Member then i 111 Notesrity upon the tone and langnage'of t• . 'Of•the Foreign Secretary, and . declared, s bittern()pinion, Lord Hawkesbur . y was infinitely qualified than the Right Honourable Gentle fur th e o ffi ce; ocba taken a aortas tjae Right Hun'. SeCretary liberty 'witheliis Colleagues on a former, v i e. t A i ski tt , he was entitled to take the same liberty ure a him on thig. When Alinistets had laid so much' thei s : h uPon getting a basii, the should have sent . suit' a 'ls to Paris, and. if it had 'not beep for . the itt-, lag man n I • u gh er in which t proposition made V Count it was mo st hi . Stahremberg had* been net, b een sent o;.ectly tisata projet of a treaty would have ' 'At'as the. sit • by the French Government. What tranc e • Of the House with respell to to new° . " u ° ll aParte 'had made three, direct offers I n ci j a . te— the fi rst, wheninade First Consul angtia..6 6 aired and unexceptionable: . this lI I °Vertur© had been rejeaed. The second offer wits itdre yvhen he was made' Ertapr6r, which, - though by r e J e Ued; war evaded in contumelious language ticisi-urd lulgrave, in reply to a letter received in s o. _ country upon the' Babied: from the head of the verntn..-.. • hated "1E in France; in which reply it had been thes 7 vi tn at his Majesty wou ld fi rst consult his Allies. th j ' ,a j est y had .consulted his'Allies,, but it was for ~e,puipdse of kindli n g a f r e s h destruaivevar upon Continent , -- uw destructive not to France, but to the th_oers Coalesced again s t h er .' Th e p ropos i t i ons ugh Russia, and Anitria formed the:third offiir, - inntailett u both inst ances . W as ' t h ere ' any ho el c:; 1 1' ' th at the Offei'WoUld be renevi e d : through any P o‘k what then was thii Country to du ?' p t i rp g e ose n d , ,' . if the present b e a proper t i me 'f or t h at , mimicn a clued • oiler to - 1 ranee ; send' he had the 14 } i Y of the' Right Hon. Gentlernan oppusite tiff t ogs that if an bar was to'be made, it would. not t • , d egrada t i on to either party to make it. sincere in their declaratione, they should Tied nfiett.'.ire - fo France'. - Three - dirt& over ! la:s_baci' 'ritale . by 'Lord - GretiVille curing tlic , w ig') Out they had been made in direa and man ms,ir LIU; in quibbliog language, atte Ing tranu rlati 0 c point, and seeking trilling exCeetiens to . • atttictilar al4retsions. He would recotridend noW , the course that had been 'adopted.by Lord Greuville.', during last war; he wished the overture to he made, in order that it might be ascertained whether peace -; was attainable—and history could sheW what a peo ple Much inferior to the population of this mighty Empire was capable of, when forced into the prose cution-of a necessary war. -The case of Holland, in - the time of Lewis XIV. exemplified this principle. What was the magic that enabled that Couritry sue- ! ceisfully to resist the Tyrant, who, equally with the presentiteler of France, aspired to universal doini nioe ? What but the rejection of their conciliating offers ? This was the feeling which should be ex- . 1 cited in the Country, by .shewinglo the people, if honourable terms could not be had, that a peace with France was impossible. - He could -see nothing in the. conduct of-the French Emperor.that would pre clude the conclusion of peace with as good a pros ptiat maintaining.. felt security as any other peace. He was bound to state the opinions he had entertained upon this subject, regardless of any mis -representations to which.he might subject.. himself. The inordinate ambition of Buonaparte was assigned as. the-reasonlWhy a peace with him could not be durable. Granted that he had this ambition, others had its,much, but not so much talent to support it. The judgment also which was united with this great talent was a disOnguishingcharacteristiCofßuo- Oparte ; he stopped short • at the point when he 'could. do it with 'most advantage, as, after the battle . bfi.Friedland, at * the treaty of Campo Formio, and after. the battle of Austerlitz. The conduit of this Country to that individual had been always radically- - wrong,-and defectivein jiniginent. He bad been uni forini;,ireated .in • a. contumelious mannet ; and not oae.ofithe Diplomatists. who had been employed. by the Goternment of this Country in France was ac• (painted- with the tharadter of the man. Even Lord Whit,vorth had been grossly mistaken as_to the condua of France and the views of Buonaparte,' and the people of thii Country were deceived andsielud ed upon the subject. He might be represented as the apologist of Buonaparte, but in justice to the in terests of his Country he was bound to tear away the veil of error with which it was enveloped. There lippeared . .to.be a feeling of hatred prevalent in this • Country-against that individual. But even suppos itig him, what he woukinot admit but -for, the argu meat, that he was the monster-he' was represented, did not Providence ad by meahs that frequently make the vilest instruments produdtive of the greatest blessings.. An honourable peace would net .be the less desirable in consequence' of his personal charac-, ' ter. The crimes of Sovereigns were no reason why two great nations should not- be at peace. His ear , ormous. power was. said. to be a reason 'why we, Shouldhontinue the war. .But could we-reduce-it.? This man was possessed of the must emitient talents, and had taken 'advantage. of the blunders of other Powers. If the adviesiof the Archduke Charles had been taken, the last., disaster of Europe would not have happened. If the prophetic warnings of that , great Statesman, now no .inure (Mr. Fox), so often expressed in that Assembly, had been attended to during the early periods of the French Revolution, there would not: noay..be an Emperor in France possessing such unlimited controul over the Conti nent, of Europe. In the cause- which lie that night adopted, he felt he was -treading in the footsteps of that immortal StateScnim. It .was not the power of FroOr, but of the Fte,nch Emperor, that was for midable; He had been driven to the experitneot of fighting every army in Lurope, ; and had beaten them all in succession. The conduct of this C.,un try was consolidatin g his power. If they shouldbut .loot: at trio map of Europe, they. must be ,sensible 'that if the genius of the French Emperor were re ['flowed, there would start up new ahiances, and new . combinations fiotn the vaiiety of interests on the • .Continent. • When he alluded to this -event, he could • fiot but express his abhorrence of any other idea on the subject than the natural termination of life. We should make "peace then, and try th'e chance of ()Vents. All the grand delusions respediug the down . fall of France had vanished. The Tiers Consolide, which were at 9 when Duonaparte ; became 'Consul, were raised to 3t by the victory at 'Marengo. But' a Noble Lord opposite, had said, that having beaten • Butmaparta with -our naval arid military* power, wher,ever we-came in ,cotitaa with him, we were now to fight bite with the commercial weapon. But Could the Noble Lord believe that this Coun try could contend with such a nation as France commercial privations, . which might distress France, but would ruin this Country He should, not say any thing of the a,bsOrd 'regulations pro ` posed by the Bight Hon. Gentleman opposite, for - this purpose. ~ It hacFbeen said that it was - a blessing to this country it had ,not been the scene of the war. This 'Was very well for this nation, but wai . no con solation to the other 'nations of Europe. ,If we had been witnesses of the ravages of war, there would be a much stronger desire of peace.in this country. All the delusions with respect to the probability of insurr436ticin in France or the conquered Countries had 'now vanished, and it was his objet to remove . - the delusion from the people of this Cumuli', if they looked to any external * means of the destruction of the power of Buonaparte. The last topic he had to touch upon was the blasphemoursentirnents from, • time to time issued from the press in this country, as• if•Buogiapartd had- sworn the destruction of. this Country. When had he sworn it Was it before he was made Consul ?' 'He then made an overture for negotiation.—Be ore the Treaty of Tilsit ? He then accepted the mediation of Russia. 7 -Was it SO . ;ail as last January ? He then made an overture through . the Austrian Ambassador. The whole . he had to propose in- his resolutions was, first, that his Majesty's Ministers had negleeted an opportunity which they might have improved after the treaty of Tilsit, and annexed conditions to their acceptance of the mediation of • Russia that were inexpedient and • impolitic., secondly; that their. condudt - to Austria had been repulsive, and ootealculatecl, to, improve the opportunity of negociation : and lastly, that it .• was incumbent on that House to declare that there , was nothing in the circumstances of the present war. which should preclude the Government. frem.avait-, ing itself of any opportunity of entering into' s ue-. gnciation for the restoration of peace. He may dif fer with. sprite of his Frieuds this .subjecr, 'but thook they may &tier as to the. form,,• they ; were agreed 'is to the principle. They 'adhered to the old morality, the grounded Vital principle of was founded on the Chriitian Religion, '" to du unto others.as-you wish the,' would- do unto-you." The Ron. Gait lernan c an able . Opeech . with moving his firit Re:olution, " tlot the opinion of this Rouse, that the condition; 'stipalated by his Mijesty's Ministeci at , the acceptance of the Mediation of 11.tisiia, AVere inexpedient and im politic. Mr'. IL fiErt BERT seconded the motion. Mi. GEORGE PONSONII concurred in the two first,Resolutions proposed by his lion. Friend ; but though he entirely • agreed with his Honoerable Friend as to•the letter and spirit of his 'third Resolu tion, he, bad doubts of the propriety of putting it to the vote at- this particular - time. He was satisfied that his Majesty's Ministers had manifested ; upon . the peiffered me.dieliqn of Ruisei and Austria,• a spirit hostile to pacification.. The Right Honourable Secretary; in demanding- that Russia should pr'oye herself an impartial medial rix, had made - One of tote weakest propositions that had ever been submitted to a, friendly Power..,. Beth .Ressje and •• Aaistrie bad been the steady friends of this-Country, and it was not to be suppose l;. that, they would immediately prefer France. to England,: Holland had been twelve!' years in subjection to France, ‘ and yet, ethe. people' • of that Country, which had once even rivalled Great Britain at see, were so indisposed to second-the 'views of France, that M e ad that time France had oily beea able to forceenearinament, consisting of ' seven ships, from ; its ports. It was notorious; that when the Dutch sent vessels to the East Indies,: they surrendered without firing.a broadside, and even the fleet in the Zueder Sea had, in ',the same manner,. been also given up without a contest, •- Why th e n should .it be . supposeki that Russia and Austria did not.. wish the prosperity of this Country. It was the greatest folly,' therefore, to refuse their • me- diatian: -- It might not have led to peace, but the •refeetion•-ot the offer insulted the Powers . • of the.gentinent, and the citfeice so given might • have the of tof .throwing them a i l n i te tli t e he and relations - atio l n it' s is ot 9l G le r s e ti ar Britain. Ehd Ministers sup- pose that things. would remain as at present ? Did they think that they could carry on a: war 'with France, without doing any thing for Ireland ? He would not..from any - false delicacy deny that there were means in Ireland which might enable' the . French to make an impression upon that Country; • and so long as that Country should be negleaed, it . would be , a sourc.e of fear . and weakness to this Country, and an objeek of strength and, hope. to France. Buonaparte ha endeavoured 'to affea' .our vertu:nen:jai resources, but; was it necessary • that we should destroy, them ourselves ? If the: means be good, why had they 'not been resorted :to • before, whilst the. Powers of Europe were not yet destroyed ? Could it be supposed-that by suet means . any impression was 'to' be made upon France ? He: agreed with his Friend that a Negotiator should be sent to France if negociation was praQicable. The meeeest man in England ought to'know whether or not peace coeld.beobteined. Having stated in What he agreed with his Hon. Friend, he had next to - state in what he differed from him. His third pro position, if adopted, would lead to a proceeding . 00 his pirt of the House, .which•would be • imperative upon Government. No Alinister could \ delay send ing a. negociator tO e Frence after 'such a ResolUtion should have been voted. Though he thought that this was the policy of this country, yet-he did, not think that it should - be done on this particular - day. The result of the resolution would be, either that the Ministers would make an overture to negociate, and rettirn to that House, stating that they had feund • the tone so elevated es to preclude the attainment , of honourable terms, and 'that this elevation of tone had been produced by this resolution ; or they must, eegotiate in order to ascertain what terms-they could get, as it would ,be desirable to tell 'the country whether an. honourable peace is to be procured, and in case that such. a peace could not be obtained, they would ascribe it to this resolution, or they would concluit any bad. peace, and then justify themselves by saying that the resoleeime drove them to negociate, and, they were obliged to accept ':any terms.they could get. His Majesty's Ministers knew best at what time they could negociateeand therefore he would not press them to it at' this partieUlar day.' ' He had no confidence in the dispoiitioa of Ministers towards Peace, froth their having so many difficulties and objeaioneto the offered, medietion of Austria - nerd Russia. The Petitions they wete receiving every day for peace, not itiStigated by per Sons of consequence or' by political parties, sleeeed that the country was alive to its, situation, and it was necessary to eheiar the edentry whether a peace can . :ba• had. • It' the House. were to adopt the third resolution, it gave countenance to aloe Petitions for Peage, and on that ground he bad it difficulty in -assenting tnie e --- Although he did not believe Ministers sincere in their desire of Peace, he was-not disposedio press them' at present, because he did not knew exattlyhOw the fads were. But it any 'We ''should Come to his knowledge, 'skewing that' Ministers had • negleeled any opportunity of . promethig the . work of peace, w w ,within a' week or a month, he . would tie ready to, press this Resolution against them. The Petitions for Peace stated the pressure neon the 'Pe titioners from die ports of the Continent being, shut against them. If we',Were to senda negotiation to France in consequence'of 'theSe Petitions,Buonaparte would say, It is not - six weeks Since you refused to negociate, - and if it be the pressure on' your trade that now, conipels you tp make pacific overtures, I will persevere till I force you to accept any terms I shall propose. If the' distresses of any class of the people of this country creed compel ug •to accept • such a peace, 'then he 'should say that England waste conquered cetintry. If an honourable peace cannot be obtathed, he , was sure that there was not a man in England that'.would not die sooner than submit to the unjust usurpation of France. He did not say this to encourage his Majesty's. Ministers to continue the contest. • Peace was 'necessary to the country, • but as he did not know but that lay adopting the Resoletion, they would be' defeating its object, he etohid 'uot agree to it at present. The Sessioe was young,' they-had sat tett five weeks, and were lilfely to sit three or four months loNer ; and upon these' various groundi,,lf his Hon. eseiend should net with draw his third Resolution, he should himself move the - previou s questiter upon it. Mr. WILIICRVQ:V:4: considered, that no o'fF,T of mecliation coui4,l :peen more citiesibuilt);(_• trign that of Raisin, tinder t i.. wi3;ch he Was Pl . tiCeds ann Mini.iters : weie ju ''j fi3ule in the caution witty which they hail He aii,retti with Mr. Pbnionbv, OA it would 54 hi ;hly impolitic to enter into any resointions at pre. Sc it, which, in their nature, could have a tendency to excite-a clamour for peace, an objeft which, in stead of being accelerated, would, by such a prbeeed ing, he greatly retarded. He considered Minkters perle&'tly sincere in the- professions they had made, nor did he see'auy possible motive they could have in being otherwise, Peace, he thought, would not he rejected, if it, could be •obtained on site and honourable. terms, and the Ministers who could pro cure icon such terms would he entitled 'to the gra titude of the people;7Though some classes might surfer by the:war, yet 'it was not br embarrasSing Ministers that they'could hope to attain peace. lie coujured-GentleMen, therefore, trot to press at pre r Sent a.cpestion so fraught with national disadvantage, ati4 bilpioreri the people to bear a little' longer the inconveniences of the; •,',var, in 'the reasooahle. hope of being ultimately rewarded with an honourable and permanent peace.:.:• - Lord:MIL TON agreed in some respect with Mr: .• Wilberforce, but not go - -his 'entire extent. • Though he disapproved of the present - Miniters, be did not wish_ to embarrass-thern, and therefore he he'disapproved of the third Resolation, while be t approved of all tthe. other parts of the motion. The Hon. Mr. WARD thought immediate pease highly necessary, whether he looked' to the present situation ..of our commerce, of !Ireland, or of our' settlements.in , the East and West Indies. Re dwelt for some time .on these topics, and concluded by giving his.assent to the motion. M. BLAXFORD, in a maiden speech, most powerfullyeugiged the attention of the House. He lamented the prejudice and perversion of opinion and talent- to which a spirit .of Party and Fa6lion seemed capable of delivering over some descriptions of men.._. There were :those who turned with in difference or scorn from the hardships of their own countrymen, while struggling in the cause of the honour and. indeperrdence of the Country; and who spewed themselves tenderlyalive only to the suffer-. lags of America and Denmark. But such men misinterpret 'theopinion and feelings of the Country. Countryvalues wealth, and! much of its power and energies depend upon that wealth ; ' but under Circumstances like. the present; this Nation knoWs that wealth must be stibservient to honours. That sentiment neither: Bubnaparte, r the friends of Buonaparte, wherever they move; nor 'all the vio lence of sanguinary Decrees, will ever be able to eA- , tinguihh. It is not to be extinguished by the par. tial sufferings of some of our rnanufadurers ;—no, uor could. it be extinguished by the complete Stag‘' nation of ow: whole trade: Those who hold a.dif ferent languaketof the charakier of 'their Country,' can be only the indisposed 'few who , endeavour to blow every spark otrdisaffeolion and discontent into . a flaane,,and to place.,in an odious light the conduct of the 'present Admini.tration, chiefly because they feel the damning .coutrast which it exhibits with their own..l.llen.who, while in Oppositioli, were' clarnourous ; while in Government, were impotent ; whuse..eliathy was called moderation, and whose attempts to delude the .people, were %dignified with the natn6 of piitriOi ism. • Lord 211,1 HON acknowledged that. Ministers might be the best judges, of the time and mode of Making peace ;. but at the same time they should show a disposition andd - a readiness to embrace any opportunity that might otter of entering upon that healing work; nay, embrace the very first opportu nity, and not like the Hon. Genteruan who spoke last, endeavour to preach up and keep alive an eter nal war. - .The cry of question, and the . noise that prevailed during the remainder of , the Noble Lord's speech, prevetttei our catching a complete sentence of wh a t followed. • :111r..JOHN SMITH advised Ministers to think seriously of. Peace, when it was known that half a million of British subjects were on the e v e of starv ing from the further continuance of the - war. If it was to becontinued, they should at least slim that it was the injustice andannbition of the enemy that formed the real obstacle to peace. That will tell more forcibly in• their favour than if they had taken fifty ships from the banes, Alr. t'ANNiNG said, he was naturally anxious to hear till the last what was to . be urged on this question, because, in the discussion of it, his own mid the coudtAiii his colleagues iii office was ne cessarily involved. , In. this discussion he certainly felt ambitiOus to follow the example of the HOnour able Mover; and with him to intreat that all party spirit and feelings shoul,d be excluded from their con sideration ; for undoubtedly it was of a nature to circa the vital interests oft he country, and should be considered atrielly With a view to its uwn merits.- 013 that ground he was ready,to-discuss the third proposi lion moved by the Honourable Gentleman. But he thought that, in the first place, he should' late somewhat frir theconduet of those who Should be chosen to negeciete. He did not think it could be Hie-Majesty'spresent Ministers ; these; therefore who were anxious for an immdiate negociation uoder any circumstances, should begin by proposing the-removal of the present Administration. With the feelings awl opinions they professed, they should tun be condemned to enter into .a IlepCiatioll fet tered and bound, as they should feel `themselves to be under the present circumstpeces ; but for such an underiekitig, -men should be elected of new dispo sitions, with new discretion, - and on new principles. Otherwise there could be no difficulty in demonstra ting the impolitCy and the danger of adepting the third propositiun of the Hon. Gentleman. In examin ingthat proposition, it was net otaVto home we bad to . -look, but to the views-and expealithens at the 'Ene my.. What were the tieWs of the Enen3y even when he'Profe%sed his ankh t• for N'ace; and even- While , at petted with us ? he not secretly employ every . means or exclu,ditig-.oiir commerce; - of discoareging and. annihilating - 4= nionutaetures ? Would' he rti." IWY , it lit! COUla'belpit, ihe impartation of a siogle yarl of clot h , or of any other article of our manu tdet wee Ifsoeh" were his endeeVeln'S r: F Kairt,t the trade of this Conno7 at. that tient., what al.'s r they now be; when tie-bad teeetved to e-tfm the Xation, through the ;ruin of her dornnltree Wotalur the cries of,:those. for - peace Whotn he was ‘co"iv particularly resolved tee undo by war, b e a pi t _ • Fiee• with Witt* - .to listen -to any ite-res of pee; e ? Ulr - contrary, would they net eocoerbge, him , to persevere in the war, its the sorest nieetes of citscomplishing ohjecr? Then how conie those who prele-tsect to be Iriends to peace attempt to derive any argument in- its - favour *torn